Where does “hitsauspoltin” come from?

hitsauspoltin (Finnish) comes from Finnish poltin, from Finnish polttaa, from Proto-Finnic polttadak, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

hitsauspoltin (Finnish): welding torch

Definitions

  1. welding torch

Ancestry of “hitsauspoltin”, step by step

hitsauspoltin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poltin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoltinburner; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish hitsaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhitsauswelding
2Finnishhitsatato weld
3Swedishhitsato heat, to weld
4Middle Low Germanhitzen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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